RU2681373C2 - Peripheral devices in wireless docking system - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: wireless communication equipment.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a wireless docking system, a docked device, a host, and wireless docking methods. In the method, dock to the wireless docking environment, notify the docked peripheral device and, after receiving a binding request from the host, connect to the host to provide data on the connection and allow control of the docked peripheral device as a peripheral device via the host for setting the docked peripheral device available as an optional peripheral device in the environment of the wireless docking.

EFFECT: technical result is to provide wireless docking.

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Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to a wireless docking system comprising a host and at least one dockable device, the host and the docking device configured to dock via wireless communication, and the host is configured to host at least one environment of the wireless docking and notification set peripheral devices for setting peripheral devices available for use in a wireless dock environment, wherein docking allows the docking device the trio to use a set of peripheral devices, the host comprising a host communication module for providing said wireless communication, a host processor configured to dock the docking device to the wireless docking environment, and a docking device comprising a communications module of the docking device to provide said wireless communication and a docking processor devices configured to dock to a wireless dock environment.

The invention further relates to a host and a docking device for use in the above system, as well as to a method and computer software product of a wireless docking.

The invention relates to the field of wireless communications technology, for example, via Wi-Fi, and more particularly, to the configuration of peripheral devices set available in a wireless docking system having a host and several dockable devices. For example, a host can be a personal computer, and docking devices can be mobile phones, laptops, tablet computers, etc.

State of the art

Wireless docking is known, for example, from WO 2012 / 117306A1. A wireless docking station provides secure wireless communication between at least one slave device and a master device.

Wired docking stations for portable electronic devices typically have only one physical docking connector to dock one device at a time. The docking station may provide power for the portable device and peripheral functions not provided by the device itself, for example, (larger) large screen speakers (higher quality), mouse and keyboard. A wireless docking station may be a wireless docking host (WDH) that hosts one or more wireless docking environments, with each wireless docking environment making available a corresponding set of peripheral devices.

Wireless docking in a system having a host and docking devices can be based on the use of a Wi-Fi-based wireless docking station (as described in IEEE802.11). Peripheral devices locally communicate with the host through a wired or wireless connection and include devices such as a USB mouse, HDMI display, and a Bluetooth headset. Essentially known linking is achieved through a set of wireless messaging protocols (e.g., Wi-Fi).

Docking to a selected wireless docking environment allows a mobile device (called a "docking device") to access a set of peripherals that are set to be available in a wireless docking environment. The wireless docking host can provide information about its presence via a Wi-Fi beacon, which the docking devices can use to select and initiate connections to the selected WDH. Alternatively, near field communication tags (NFCs) associated with a WDH or other out-of-band means (for example, using a communication interface from a wireless power system) are used to select and initiate a WDH for docking.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

A wireless docking system hosts at least one wireless docking environment to provide access to one or more peripheral devices that communicate with a host. Different applications may require different peripherals. However, such peripherals may not be available.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a system for wireless docking, which provides the accessibility of additional peripheral devices in an environment of wireless docking.

To this end, according to the first aspect of the invention, in a wireless docking system, as described in the introductory paragraph, the docking device comprises at least one docking peripheral device, a docking device processor configured to alert the docking peripheral device and, upon receipt of a request for binding from the host, binding to the host to provide connection data and control relative to the docking peripheral device ohms of the host, and a host processor configured to send a binding request to the docking device to receive connection data and control the docking peripheral device through the host and notifying a set of peripherals including the docking peripheral device to set the docking peripheral device available for use as an optional peripheral device surrounded by a wireless dock.

To this end, according to an additional aspect of the invention, the docking device for use in the above wireless docking system is configured to wirelessly dock via wireless communication, wherein the docking device comprises a communications module of the docking device to provide said wireless communications, a docking device processor configured to dock to environment wireless docking, and docking device contains, of at least one peripheral device is docked is docked and the processor device configured to alert docked peripheral device and, upon receiving a request from the host for binding, binding to the host to provide data over the connection and control of the peripheral device relative to dock by the host.

To this end, according to an additional aspect of the invention, the host for use in the above wireless docking system is configured to dock via wireless communication and host at least one wireless docking environment and notify a set of peripheral devices to set peripheral devices available for use in a wireless environment dockings, the host comprising a host communication module for providing said wireless communication, a host processor configured to by docking the docking device to the environment of the wireless docking, and the host processor is configured to send a binding request to the docking device to obtain connection data and control relative to the docking peripheral device through the host and notifying a set of peripheral devices, including the docking peripheral device, for assignment of docking peripheral device available for use as an additional of the peripheral device in the wireless docking environment.

To this end, according to an additional aspect of the invention, a wireless docking method in a host is provided for use in the above wireless docking system, the host and the docking device being configured to dock via wireless communication, wherein the host is configured to house at least one wireless environment docking and alerting a set of peripheral devices to set peripheral devices available for use in a wireless a docking device, where the docking device allows the docking device to use a set of peripheral devices, wherein the docking device contains at least one dockable peripheral device, the method comprising docking the docking device to the wireless docking environment, sending a binding request to the docking device to obtain connection data and controlling a docking peripheral device through a host and alerting a set of peripherals malarial devices including a dock peripheral device for peripheral device job dock available for use as an optional peripheral device in a wireless environment docking.

To this end, according to a further aspect of the invention, a wireless docking method in a docking device is provided for use in the aforementioned wireless docking system, wherein the host and the docking device are configured to dock via wireless communication, wherein the host is configured to house at least one environment wireless docking and alerting a set of peripherals to set peripherals available for use in the environment a wireless docking device, wherein the docking device allows the docking device to use a set of peripheral devices, wherein the docking device contains at least one dockable peripheral device, the method comprising docking to the wireless docking environment and notifying the docking peripheral device and, upon receipt of the binding request from host, binding to the host to provide connection data and control regarding docking peripherals th device by the host.

To this end, according to an additional aspect of the invention, the computer program product, as described in the introductory paragraph, contains a program that is configured to instruct the processor to implement any of the methods as described above.

These measures have the effect that the docking peripheral device is set to be available for use as a peripheral device in a wireless docking environment hosted by the host. The placement of the wireless docking environment includes initiating the required connection, accounting for resource use and additional control over the processing and configuration of the protocols of the docking functionality provided for the docking devices. In order to make the dockable peripheral device usable, connection and control data regarding the dockable peripheral device are obtained by the host, and the connection data is then applied in a wireless dock environment. Because of this, the processor of the docking device is configured to notify the docking peripheral device and, after receiving the request for binding from the host, binding to the host to provide connection data and control regarding the docking peripheral device through the host. Connection data contains information that should be used when connecting to a docked device and using a docked peripheral device. Controlling the docked peripheral device through the host allows the host to set the dockable peripheral device available for use as a peripheral device. Connection data enables a connection to a docked device through a host or additional docked device in order to use a docked peripheral device. A docked peripheral device is set available for use as an additional peripheral device surrounded by a wireless dock by including a docked peripheral device in a set of peripheral devices of the wireless dock environment. Thus, the set is expanded and presented as a set of peripheral devices for the wireless docking environment to additional dockable devices by alerting the kit including a dockable peripheral device. Then, the additional docking device can actually dock to the environment of the wireless docking and use the docking peripheral device, as if it is a traditional peripheral device connected to the host. The additional docking device may use standard docking software and protocols for said docking, since said docking peripheral device is set to be available in a wireless docking environment as a standard peripheral device. Advantageously, one or more additional peripheral devices, i.e. said docking peripheral devices are set available in a wireless docking environment in order to provide access to one or more dockable peripheral devices that are now communicating with the host.

The invention is also based on the following consideration. Traditionally, docking assumes that a docking device uses only peripheral devices that are already connected to the host.

Docking peripheral devices are internal peripheral devices or peripheral functions (speaker, microphone, sensors, display, GPS, camera) from portable devices, such as mobile phones or tablet computers, which are usually not available through other devices. In this document, the words “docking peripheral device” define a module internal to the docking device, as opposed to an external peripheral device attached to the docking device, for example, via a wireless connection. The internal module is peripheral, i.e. directly interacts with the physical outside world. Setting such an internal module available for use as a peripheral device by means of an additional docking device in a wireless environment implies the use of a device layer by means of an additional docking device. Making a dockable peripheral device available for use implies providing direct use of the functions that such a peripheral device offers, such as displaying data, generating sound, or receiving input from a user.

US 2013/0103873 describes a system for playing music. The music system connects the portable playback device to the wireless docking port on the network and then provides viewing, selection and playback of selected music on the docked portable device through additional devices on the network. The music system sets the music present on the docked portable device, available for playback through an additional device on the network. Music is set available at the file level or application level. However, the system does not allow an additional device on the network to use a peripheral device for a docked portable device as a peripheral device. The level of storage devices is carried out and controlled exclusively by means of a docked portable device. For the network, the one on which the music storage device is stored is not even revealed, since only the content is output to the network.

The inventors propose a docking method for defining dockable peripheral devices (individual peripheral modules or functions from one or more mobile devices on a wireless LAN) available at the device level for an additional docking device to define new functions available and / or expand existing functions with input from one or more portable devices. The use of peripherals at the device level is usually done through the control interface of the device driver level.

Outside of docking systems, mobile devices may have I / O modules and sensors that are available for applications running locally on a mobile device. Such applications can interact and exchange data with other applications on other computers, for example, with an additional mobile device to exchange peripheral data. However, such schemes always require dedicated applications on all interacting devices. The inventors have found that when using and expanding the docking system, such mobile I / O modules can be considered as docking peripheral devices that are integrated or connected to such devices. They try to make such dockable peripheral devices directly accessible and applicable at the device level for other dockable devices in the wireless docking system by linking the dockable peripheral devices to the host, which host makes the dockable peripheral devices then available in the appropriate wireless docking environment.

Optionally, in the docked device, the processor of the docked device is configured to:

- receiving a synchronization command to activate the docking peripheral device function at a time, as indicated by the synchronization command; and / or

- generating a synchronization command to activate the function of at least one peripheral device surrounded by a wireless dock at a time, as indicated by the synchronization command.

Advantageously, various dockable peripheral devices are synchronized via a synchronization command.

Optionally, in the docking device, the docking device processor is configured to, upon receipt of the pairing request and / or usage request, determine whether or not the user of the docking device agrees to set the docking peripheral device to be available as an additional peripheral device surrounded by a wireless docking environment. Advantageously, the user of the docked device is allowed to determine whether or not to set the docked peripheral device available.

Optionally, in the docking device, the docking device processor is configured to, when the transition to use the docking peripheral device is completed, determine whether or not the user of the docking device requires the use of the docking peripheral device, and then restricting or terminating the use of the docking peripheral device as an additional peripheral devices surrounded by wireless docks.

Advantageously, the user of the docked device is allowed to regain control of the docked peripheral device.

Optionally, in the docking device, the docking device processor is configured to, upon receipt of the pairing request and / or usage request, set the dockable peripheral device to be available as a USB peripheral device surrounded by a wireless docking device. Advantageously, the docking peripheral device should be perceived by means of additional docking devices as a normal USB peripheral device.

Optionally, in the host device, the host processor is configured to host a configuration mode in which the wireless docking environment is configurable to define a dockable peripheral device available as an additional peripheral device in a wireless docking environment.

Advantageously, in the configuration mode, the host detects the availability of dockable peripheral devices and sets the configuration of the wireless docking environment.

The host processor may be configured to enter configuration mode by at least one of the following:

- detection of docking docking device;

- user input through the host user interface;

- a configuration message from the docking device received by the host.

Further preferred embodiments of the apparatus and method of the invention are provided in the appended claims, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.

Brief Description of the Drawings

These and other aspects of the invention should become apparent and further construed with reference to the embodiments described by way of example in the description below, and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 shows a wireless docking system,

FIG. 2 shows an example of a docking system having a wireless docking host and docking devices,

FIG. 3 shows an example of a wireless docking system performing a combined photo function, and

FIG. 4 shows a wireless docking method in a host.

The drawings are merely sketchy and not drawn to scale. In the drawings, elements that correspond to the elements already described may have identical reference numbers.

Detailed Description of Embodiments

Wireless docking is about enabling portable devices (so-called “docking devices”, “wireless docking devices” or “WDs”) to wirelessly connect to a group of wireless peripheral devices so that applications on the portable device can use these peripheral devices to to expand the capabilities of work and increase the productivity / interaction of these applications. The grouping of peripheral devices, the detection / notification of groups of peripheral devices, the management of connections with groups of peripheral devices, is carried out through the so-called Wireless Docking Host (WDH), which sets their functionality available through the wireless docking protocol.

Possible wireless docking devices include (but not limited to) docking phones, laptop computers, tablet computers, portable multimedia players, cameras, and electronic clocks. Possible WDHs include (but not limited to) specialized docking station devices, display devices, audio devices, printers, PCs. The wireless docking host can also be a small (PC-shaped) dongle with a display, a USB interface and an audio interface. Possible peripheral devices include (but not limited to) wireless mice, keyboards, display devices, audio devices, webcams, printers, storage devices, USB hubs. These peripherals are wired or wirelessly connected to the WDH. WDH can use technologies such as Wi-Fi Miracast and USB tunneling over Wi-Fi to set their functionality available over a wireless network for other devices, such as docking devices. Wired peripherals can connect to a wireless host.

A wireless docking system may include at least two portable devices (wireless docking devices) and a wireless docking host. In operation, the wireless docking host is attached to the peripheral devices and is configured to offer a set of peripheral docking devices surrounded by the wireless docking. The first wireless docking device is connected wirelessly to the wireless docking host for docking. The wireless docking device is configured to set one or more of its functions / characteristics / subsystems as dockable peripheral devices to the wireless docking host as additional peripheral devices for the wireless docking environment. The wireless docking host should notify a set of peripheral docking devices including one or more dockable peripheral devices for the first wireless docking device. An additional wireless docking device may connect to a wireless docking host to dock to a wireless docking environment having one or more dockable peripheral devices for a first wireless docking device. Therefore, an additional docking device gains control of these peripheral I / O devices via standard wireless messaging and streaming protocols (which is briefly referred to as the “docking process”), as explained in more detail below.

Since operating systems typically provide control functions for automatically configured devices, peripheral devices are typically automatically listed and associated with the correct driver, after which their functionality becomes easily and transparently available for all applications running on this OS. In particular, docking peripheral devices can be listed as USB devices. The functions / features / subsystems of one or more WDs may be provided over Wi-Fi (or another network) by using a USB tunneling protocol over Wi-Fi, such as a serial Wi-Fi bus or software based on a media-independent USB interface or USB / IP. Using USB as a simplification, the protocol also immediately defines the master / slave roles that each WD accepts with respect to each of these peripheral devices. By using these functions / features / subsystems of one or more docked WDs presented as “normal” peripheral devices, another WD can easily control / integrate all these peripheral functions in applications running on another WD, or by using standard operating system functions, such as adjusting the volume of each microphone or speaker connected to the system using the standard volume control function shown as a panel on the display it.

FIG. 1 shows a wireless docking system. The system includes a host 100 for wireless communication with multiple docking devices 120, 130, 140, for example, mobile phones, laptops, or tablets. Only the first docking device 120 is described in detail below, but the additional docking devices have similar components and functions. The host communicates with a certain number of peripheral devices 110, 111, 112 to render audio or video (AV) data. It should be noted that in this document, AV data is used for any type of video data, audio data, or a combination of video and audio data. Peripheral devices may include video output devices such as a multimedia video projector or display screen 111, graphic input / output devices such as a smart board 110 or touch screen, audio output devices such as a speaker system 112 or a headphone, user control devices such as mouse or room control module; data processing devices such as a data storage module or printer.

The host 100 has a host communication module 102 for providing said wireless communication, for example, a Wi-Fi module known per se. The host further has a host processor 101 configured to dock the docked device to the wireless docking environment to provide access to the peripheral device and to allow the use of a peripheral device for the docked device. The process of docking a wireless device to the environment of a wireless docking is the process of establishing a communication line for transmitting data through an available radio channel, for example, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, and is known in essence, as explained above with respect to WO 2012 / 117306A1. Bluetooth technology is described, for example, in “Bluetooth Specification, Core Package version 2.1 + EDR,” published July 26, 2007. The host hosts at least one wireless docking environment and is configured to set various peripheral devices available for use in respective wireless docking environments. The docking process involves providing access for the docking device to one or more peripheral devices as available in the selected wireless docking environment.

The docking device 120 has a docking device communication module 121 for providing said wireless communication with the host. In practice, several communication modules may be provided for this purpose, for example, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 60 GHz. The docking device further has a docking device processor 122 configured to dock, as a docking device, with a host surrounded by a wireless docking port to access at least one peripheral device. For example, for a docking device, control is provided on the peripheral device for AV data to be prepared by rendering, for example, preparation by rendering video on a display.

The docking device 120 includes a docking peripheral device 123. For example, the docking peripheral device may be at least one of a microphone, speaker, camera, display, touch screen, mouse, keyboard, communication module, photosensitive sensor, temperature sensor, orientation sensor location sensor. A docking peripheral device may also be part of a display, such as a window.

In a wireless docking system, the host processor is configured to send a binding request to the docking device and set the docking peripheral device to be available as an additional peripheral device surrounded by the wireless docking. The processor of the docking device is configured to, after receiving a binding request from the host, link the docking peripheral device to the host. More detailed information is described below.

Optionally, the docking device processor is configured to send to the host a signal of the characteristics of the peripheral device indicating the docking peripheral device module, available for binding as an additional peripheral device. The peripheral device characteristics signal may be sent during or even before the docking process. The peripheral device characteristics signal may be sent in response to a binding request received from a host, or in response to a request message, or without a request. At the host, the host processor is configured to receive a peripheral device characteristics signal from the docked device and, after receiving the peripheral device characteristics signal, set the docked peripheral device to be available as an additional peripheral device surrounded by a wireless dock. More detailed information is described below.

Optionally, the system includes an additional docking device 130, 140. The additional docking device has an additional docking device processor configured to, after docking to the wireless docking environment, use a docking peripheral device. For example, the additional docking device may have an application that requires a specific peripheral function, which is a function of the docking peripheral device, for example, the camera docking device. At the host, the host processor is configured to dock an additional dockable device to the wireless docking environment. After docking an additional docking device, the host processor sends a usage request to the docking device, and the use request indicates that the docking peripheral device should be used in a wireless docking environment, and places the signal transmission between the docking peripheral device module and the additional docking device. The processor of the docked device is configured to, after receiving a request for use from the host, switch to the use mode of the docked peripheral device and transmit signals between the docked peripheral device module and the wireless docking environment. More detailed information is described below.

In a docking system, a docking device can automatically search for a signal originating from a WDH to initiate a docking. Said search for such a signal may begin after the user initiates it, after which, upon reception, the signal initiates one or more operations in order to dock to the WDH. The first option has the advantage that it is always enabled and always works, the second option has the advantage of lower battery consumption.

In a docking system, various dockable devices can receive various sets of peripheral functions that can be accessed in the respective different wireless docking environments. In addition, a host, such as a PC, can set shared peripheral devices as well as exclusive peripheral devices available for the docking device, so that exclusive peripheral devices (i.e. peripheral devices that can only receive or provide data from / to single source) can be processed as follows:

1) the window on the display can be set available instead of the entire display. In fact, the exclusive display has been turned into a shared peripheral device. When the docking device is in focus, mouse / keyboard control is assigned to that docking device;

2) a hotkey is provided to switch between docking devices or directly on the host PC, for using the display in full screen mode;

3) a method that allows WDH to force disconnect peripheral devices from a docked device and provide them to another docked device.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a docking system having a wireless docking host and docking devices. The data shows a wireless docking host (WDH) 210 connected to a set of peripheral devices 211, for example, a display, audio speakers, and other peripheral devices. Peripheral devices can also communicate via a peripheral interface, such as an Ethernet connection for high-speed access to peripheral devices or to access the Internet, a USB interface that can support multiple peripheral connections, or HDMI. The various docking devices 251, 252, 253 are shown as docking to the wireless docking environment in accordance with the host 210. The docking devices 252, 253 provide access to the docking peripheral devices in the corresponding docking device. A docked peripheral device communicates with the host and is set available in a wireless docking environment hosted by the host. The additional docking device 251, which is docked with the corresponding wireless docking environment, can access the docking peripheral device (actually located in another peripheral device), as indicated by the bidirectional arrow 260.

The drawing illustrates an example of the invention, for example, a WDH in a meeting room, connected to a set of peripheral devices (for example, a display, audio speakers and a certain number of other peripheral devices), and the WDH set is simultaneously connected to WDH using the Wi-Fi Direct standard due to which WDH is the owner of the group (GO) according to the Wi-Fi Direct standard. WDs designated for binding by a unidirectional arrow are docked with WDH, and each of them offers some of its capabilities (for example, microphone, speaker, sensor) as peripheral devices that must be controlled by WDH, so that they can be added to a set of peripheral devices with which another WD can dock.

After the additional docking device 251 is docked, it can not only use peripheral devices that are initially connected to the WDH, but also use the characteristics of another WD offered as dockable peripheral devices for docking. An additional docking device can now run applications that aggregate the use of one or more of these peripheral devices, for example, an application that controls the activation or deactivation of audio input and output functions on other WDs.

In practice, a wireless docking environment may initially only have a host connected to some traditional peripherals, such as wired peripherals (e.g. USB, HDMI) and / or wireless peripherals (e.g. via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Miracast) using pairing and configuration protocols based on Bluetooth / Wi-Fi technologies, known in essence. Wireless docking refers to a portable device (i.e., a wireless docking device or WD) that must wirelessly connect to WDH in order to implement the wireless docking protocol. A wireless docking protocol consists of a set of wireless messaging and streaming / control protocols between WD and WDH that allow WD to detect information about peripheral devices offered for docking through WDH (pre-association and / or post-association), select a set of peripheral devices for docking, and install a streaming / control connection with these selected peripherals (e.g., using protocols such as Miracast, or via USB Wi-Fi Tunneling Tool).

Peripheral devices can be separate devices wired to WDH (for example, using USB, HDMI, DVI / VGA, audio jack). Peripheral devices can also be connected wirelessly with WDH (for example, using Bluetooth, Wi-Fi). Peripheral devices can also be internal WDH subsystems (for example, connected using PCIe or other internal buses). The initial set of peripherals when the WD is not yet docked with the WDH is called the “initial wireless docking environment”. A WD that connects to a WDH for docking can select a subset or a complete set of peripherals for the initial wireless docking dock environment. This can be done by selecting each peripheral device individually or by selecting a subset or a complete set at once.

Then, the wireless docking environment can be expanded by linking to one or more dockable peripheral devices distributed across one or more portable docking devices. Docking peripheral devices can use the proposed wireless docking and configuration protocols, as explained below. The expanded wireless docking environment can now be selected by means of an optional docking docking device using a substantially known wireless docking protocol. The additional docking device should now perceive the set of peripheral devices as available, and the set includes both traditional peripheral devices and associated docking peripheral devices.

To provide the proposed expansion by adding docking peripherals to the wireless docking environment, WDH can be equipped with one or more Wi-Fi radio modules to allow WDH to have k + 1 (where k≥1) wireless connections at the same time. WDH may additionally be allowed to enter configuration mode, in which the initial wireless docking environment may expand. When the first wireless docking device WD1 connects to the WDH, the WDH can enter this configuration mode, for example, through one of the following methods:

1) Automatically when a wireless docking device connection is detected (for docking purposes).

2) Initiated by the WDH user, for example, through a local user interface or a remote user interface (such as an HTML page) provided by WDH.

3) Initiated through a wireless docking device WD1 or another wireless docking device, for example, by sending a specific configuration message in a wireless docking protocol to WDH. To this end, WDH can listen, for example, a specific TCP / IP port for a REQUEST_SESSION message to a specific docking configuration service offered by WDH, or WDH can support, for example, a specific UPnP operation (for example, EnterConfigurationMode ()) offered via the UPnP Docking Service.

When the WDH is in the above configuration mode, the WDH requests the wireless docking device WD1 to provide information regarding its characteristics, in particular whether or not there is any function / characteristics / subsystem that is defined or can be set available as a dockable peripheral device for other docking devices. This can be done by sending, for example, an 802.11 frame for a test request or an 802.11u-GAS frame with some additional fields indicating the requested WD information, or by sending a specific message (for example, RequestDockingPeripheralCapabilities) to the docking configuration service offered by WD on a specific TCP / IP port.

After receiving one of these messages (or a tracking message), the wireless docking device WD1 may ask its user whether or not to normally provide one or more of its functions / features / subsystems as a docking peripheral device to other wireless docking devices . The user can selectively or automatically select one or more functions / characteristics / subsystems, which should be set available as docking peripheral devices. Alternatively, the WD may be (pre) configured to automatically agree to provide (part of) its functions / features / subsystems as docking peripheral devices for other wireless docking devices for docking. As a result of this, the wireless docking device WD1 determines whether or not functions / characteristics / subsystems are available as dockable peripheral devices. For example:

- The microphone input can be set available as a class of USB audio devices with a microphone with input contact pins (0 × 0201);

- The speaker output can be set available as a class of USB audio devices with a speaker with output contact pins (0 × 0301);

- The camera input can be set available as a class of USB video devices with a camera with input pin pins (0 × 0201);

- The display output can be set available as a class of USB AV devices with a video display type or as a Miracast receiver;

- Input for keyboard / mouse / touch devices can be set available as a class of USB HID devices;

- Photosensitive / temperature sensors can be set available as a class of USB HID devices with the appropriate type of sensor;

- Orientation sensors can be set available as a class of USB HID devices with the appropriate type of sensor;

- GPS sensors can be set available as a class of USB HID devices with the correct sensor type. Various USB HID devices are described at http://www.usb.org/developers/hidpage/HUTRR39b.pdf.

The advantages of setting these functions / features / subsystems to be available as low-level peripheral devices (e.g. USB peripheral devices) instead of setting functions or content available using application-level protocols (e.g. DLNA) is that these peripheral devices the docking should simply be displayed as peripherals in the list of devices running the operating system of the wireless docking device and can be listed and Use as if they are a locally connected peripheral device (such as a USB peripheral device). This provides transparent use of these peripherals in applications. If USB peripherals are accessible via USB Wi-Fi tunneling, WD applications can use the standard USB enumeration and any standard USB driver command to control these USB peripherals.

The wireless docking device WD1 may notify docking peripheral devices regarding the WDH using a characterization message. For USB peripherals, it can offer access through the service and the USB tunneling protocol over Wi-Fi (for example, USB / IP). These peripheral devices (for example, their characteristics, their USB descriptors, service identifiers, used TCP / UDP ports, etc.) can be notified via preassociation messages, for example, through some additional fields in the 802.11 test response or 802.11 u-response for the provision of GAS services, or can be done through a post-association message, for example, by sending information about docking peripheral devices in the AddnewPeripherals UPnP message, for example, offered as part of the service configure UPnP-docking.

WDH stores connection data provided by WD1. Connection data may contain information necessary for connecting to WD1 and information regarding docking peripheral devices. WDH adds them as peripheral devices to the wireless docking environment and starts alerting these additional peripheral devices to interface with other WDs, for example, using message-specific service or pre-association or post-association operational data.

In an embodiment, the host processor is configured to establish a session with the docked peripheral device through said pairing request, and the processor of the docked device is configured to provide control of the docked peripheral device through said session. Thus, the host receives information regarding the docked peripheral device and claims to be a peripheral device for use by establishing a session with the docked peripheral device. WDH can take active control of a peripheral device, preventing it from being used by other parties (including WD1 itself) for faster access later as soon as an additional docking device is docked.

For example, in order to obtain information regarding the docking peripheral devices WD1 and obtain control of the docking peripheral device through the host, the WDH may request control of these peripheral devices and / or may request to configure them and / or collect additional detailed information regarding these peripheral devices. This can be accomplished by establishing a session with a peripheral device using a protocol specific to the peripheral device, such as Wi-Fi USB tunneling. By establishing a session with a peripheral device, the WDH can obtain temporary control of the peripheral device and verify that the resources of these functions / features / subsystems on WD1 are properly requested in order to provide control of these resources to another wireless docking device. Under the control of WDH or another docking device, resources are typically no longer available to the WD1 user unless some special measures are taken, such as temporary dispatch or other forms of peripheral virtualization.

Alternatively, after storing the necessary information regarding the docking peripheral devices WD1, WDH may give control of the docking peripheral devices back to WD1. The user WD1 may continue to use the functions / features / subsystems provided by the docked peripherals until the second WD joins the WDH and selects one or more docked peripherals provided by the WD1. After selecting or after establishing a session with docked peripheral devices, the user WD1 may be notified and may be asked to confirm whether or not to provide control of the functions / characteristics / subsystems provided by the selected docked peripheral devices for the second WD.

Optionally, a user of WD1 may be allowed to request back control of their docking peripheral devices by sending, for example, a GainBackControl UPnP message to WDH. A typical use case for which this may be required is when the docked peripheral audio devices are controlled by WDH or another docked device and a telephone call arrives. After the telephone call is completed, the docked device can send, for example, a UPnP ResumeControl message to WDH, so that the WDH or other docked device can regain control without re-performing the discovery. Alternatively, WD1 can receive its own peripheral devices simply, if necessary, send false or not send replies to WDH and selectively ignore data from WDH (or combine data from WDH with WD1 data in case of display data or speakers).

Since WDH is connected via Wi-Fi to WD1, in particular via the Wi-Fi Direct standard, it is important that another WD2 wireless docking device that wants to use the docking peripherals provided by WD1 can do this in an efficient way without violating part of the standard’s behavior Wi-Fi Direct. Depending on the characteristics of WDH, WD1 and WD2 (for example, support for parallel connections for various Wi-Fi channels, support for 5GHz / 60 GHz, support for several radio modules, etc.), this can be done in one of the following ways:

1) Via WDH-assisted direct pairing (or TDLS). The following steps are performed. Step a) comprises an auxiliary pairing between the additional docking device WD2 and the host WDH. Therefore, WDH provides connection data to the optional docking device WD2 and typically instructs the use of both WD1 and WD2 from the pairing credentials. Step b) comprises pairing the first docking device WD1 and the additional docking device WD2 based on the connection data and received credentials. The final step c) involves USB Wi-Fi tunneling using a direct connection. WDH should temporarily stop controlling the docking peripheral devices WD1 used by WD2. After WD2 is undocked, WDH should typically take back control of the docked peripheral devices WD1, for example, by re-inviting WD1 using the credentials of the constant P2P group stored previously in WDH. More detailed pairing information is described in patent application EP12182285 "Pairing within the group of wireless devices". Due to the availability of a dockable peripheral device in a wireless dock environment as a USB peripheral device, the wireless dock environment is expanding.

2) Through WDH relay of traffic between WD1 and WD2. USB traffic is tunneled over Wi-Fi between the optional WD2 docking device and the WDH host. In addition, WDH relays the USB tunneling traffic to the optional Wi-Fi connection, and then the USB traffic is tunneled over Wi-Fi to the first WD1 docking device, which offers a docking peripheral device in order to expand the wireless docking environment. Tunneling in WD1 is done through a connection based on connection data. In detail, such Wi-Fi USB tunneling can be performed as follows:

a) When the WDH notifies the docking peripheral device offered by WD1 for docking, it can provide connection data for connecting to this peripheral device through relaying in the messages of preassociation and / or postassociation, for example, through the service information field in the format of the service information descriptor response data in the 802.11u response to the ANQP request for Wi-Fi Direct services. The connection data of the docking device includes information such as:

i. The MAC address of the peripheral device that the other WD should use as the destination address for messages / Wi-Fi frames that are intended to be sent to the peripheral device. In particular, since for security reasons, WDH is very likely to form a separate P2P group with a different WD for docking compared to the P2P group that it forms with WD1, this MAC address can be in a different subnet / address space, which in otherwise, unknown to another docked device.

ii. The name / identifier of the service that WD1 offers for Wi-Fi USB tunneling (for example, the name used in the Wi-Fi Direct standard services infrastructure, for example, org.usb.audiodevice).

iii. The port number that should be used to communicate with the service that WD1 offers for USB Wi-Fi tunneling.

b) After another wireless docking device WD2 connects to the WDH for docking and selects the docking peripheral device provided by WD1, it uses the connection data of the docking device adopted in step a) to establish a session with the service that WD1 offers to provide USB tunneling over Wi-Fi. Although a session must be established between WD2 and WD1, a request to initiate a session (for example, a REQUEST_SESSION message on a Wi-Fi Direct service-based management port) should be for WDH, since WDH is likely to already have a session based on the connection data a docking device with WD1 for control purposes, and the second session may be rejected by WD1. WDH may need to close the session with WD1 and re-establish a new session on behalf of WD2.

c) After the session between WD2 and WD1 is established, WDH relays any messages from WD2 destined for the MAC address specified in step a to WD1 and relays all returned messages via USB Wi-Fi tunneling or all incoming USB Wi-Fi tunneling in WDH, in WD2.

d) After WDH detects that WD2 closes the Wi-Fi USB tunneling session, either disconnects or deselects the used docking peripheral device, or is out of range (and does not send a time-out message), WDH can re-establish a session based on the connection data of the docking device with WD1 in order to regain control of the docked peripheral device WD1. To do this, it may need to re-establish a P2P group between WDH and WD1. This can be accomplished by using previously saved docking device connection data, such as credentials, to establish a permanent P2P group.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a wireless docking system performing a combined photo function. The first mobile device acts as a WDH wireless docking host 300, the host providing its own camera as a peripheral device surrounded by a wireless docking. Three docking devices 310, 320, 330 are docked wirelessly, surrounded by a wireless docking hosted, the docking devices providing the camera as a docking peripheral device. The host or one of the docked devices has an application program that is capable of capturing a combined photograph of an object 350. The application program uses, as peripheral devices, all available camera peripherals. The application additionally initiates the shooting of simultaneous photos by activating all peripheral cameras.

In practice, a family or group of tourists can visit a monument whose 360-degree image they want to shoot. Their smartphones dock with WDH and make the camera available as a dockable peripheral device, as part of the extended wireless docking environment that an additional smartphone can dock with. After an additional smartphone is docked with WDH, the smartphone's operating system lists all peripheral devices as part of the management function for (automatically configured) devices. An additional docking device, for example, has an application for working with photographs for shooting a combined panoramic image. A photography application can query the operating system for access to these peripheral devices and sends separate instructions to each device for proper positioning around the monument. These device instructions can be provided to the device using the device-specific instructions for the wireless environment (for example, using a serial Wi-Fi bus or a standard media-independent USB interface). User instructions (for example, to position the user near the object to be photographed) can be displayed on the owner’s screen in text and / or graphic format or on the display of each WD, by using appropriate docking displays (or part of the displays) as peripheral display devices . When all devices are positioned properly, one of the devices initiates all devices in order to take an image simultaneously with the combined camera settings. Each individual image is locally processed to ensure transparent stitching of complete images (360 degrees). The combination of results is carried out through the application for photographing after sampling (pre-processed) images from all devices.

To combine features, one or more of the following may be provided through a docking system:

- Control mechanism for additional WD functions / characteristics / subsystem of the first WD. When used by a second WD (for example, as a USB host), the docked peripheral function essentially becomes a slave from the second WD. The first WD essentially loses control of this function / characteristics / subsystem if some shared / simultaneous control of an identical peripheral device is not provided by the first WD.

- A coordination protocol to allow the first WD to use the peripheral function again if the second WD does not use it (for some time, with time multiplexing) or stops controlling the peripheral function (for example, by initiating the undock operation).

- A control mechanism for combining data and distributing instructions into multiple devices. This mechanism can either be provided through WDH, or distributed among docking devices. One specific case is the use of a USB subsystem in combination with Wi-Fi USB tunneling (for example, using a USB / IP or serial Wi-Fi bus, or a standard media-independent USB interface).

- Synchronization mechanism (s), for example, to combine data transfer between devices, for example, to combine camera shutters when shooting a combined image or to synchronize audio data for multi-channel audio. This mechanism may be provided through either a WDH or a second WD. If a USB subsystem is used, the USB host on the second WD can synchronize its instructions to each of the peripheral devices.

- An instructional application (s) for instructing individual users on where to stand, how to hold their devices and what other actions to perform.

- Virtualization of WD function / features.

- Controlling the activation of WD functions in such a way that they become part of an extended wireless docking environment, for example, automatically, compared to allowing the WD user to reject certain functions becoming available.

- An operating system that allows a list of peripheral devices in an extended wireless docking environment as part of its function of managing automatically configured devices, providing (automatic) driver installation in order to use these peripheral devices, so that WD can start using these peripheral devices provided by another WD, as if they are present in the device itself.

The proposed extended wireless docking environment provides an aggregate input from several similar peripheral devices that are both active and process inputs to form a combined output by combining / correlating / interpolating / detecting overlap between different inputs. Due to the fact that WDs are mobile devices and, therefore, are located at various points in a certain area (for example, indoors or within the range of WDH wireless communications), this activates some applications with wide functionality in a simple, inexpensive way.

The following is a list of sample applications that are allowed:

- Combining input from various microphones in an extended wireless dock environment (i.e., coming from several nearby devices) in order to form an array of microphones. The result of this should be a resulting signal of much higher quality. For example, if a meeting is held in a (large) physical room for meetings and negotiations with several participants, and all participants dock their mobile phones with the WDH rooms for meetings and negotiations, one of the participants (for example, the chairman) of the meeting may collect input from all microphones from mobile phones from each of the participants and generate a high-quality output signal for remote participants (for example, participating in a meeting by phone). By interpolating the various input signals from an array of microphones formed by microphones from various WDs in an extended wireless dock environment, it is possible to ensure that voices from all participants appear to be close to the microphone.

Other advantages of combining various microphone signals in this way can be very simple and inexpensive recording of music, speech, etc. as surround sound and with much higher quality.

- Combining output from various speakers in an extended wireless docking environment to create a sound experience of virtual surround sound.

- Combining input from various cameras in an extended wireless dock environment to create panoramic or three-dimensional images / videos.

- Combining output from various displays in an extended wireless docking environment to form a larger display (such as a map or a board game) or to show multiple copies of the identical display displayed on all WDs (such as test or exam questions), or to present different views or elements from the user interface (for example, to perform a collective task or show various views in a three-dimensional world).

- Combining input from various keyboard / mouse / touch input devices in an extended wireless docking environment for collective purposes, such as a multiplayer game. For example, the orientation sensor of one of the WDs can be used to control the pointer on the WDH docking screen. In this case, WD can be considered as a virtual peripheral device (laser pointer) for WDH. Thus, any person in the room can move or point to a specific element of the presentation without having to move in front of the screen. Another similar example is that the (virtual) keys of a secondary WD are temporarily used to control the presentation of a primary WD.

- Combining input from various light-sensitive or temperature sensors in an extended wireless docking environment to create temperature or ambient lighting maps for controlling lighting (including brightness / contrast / WDH screen color) or climate.

If necessary, the synchronization mechanism for peripheral data and / or control of several docking devices can be implemented using the network time protocol (NTP) or the Wi-Fi time synchronization function (TSF), etc. These protocols provide clock synchronization of devices in a P2P group. The latest version of NTP (NTPv4, RFC5905) allows you to achieve accuracy of the order of microseconds in noise-resistant LANs using software implementations. NTP is defined through the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in discussion request 5905, ISSN: 2070-1721, at https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5905.

Devices can send and receive timestamps using the UDP, TCP, or RTP protocol, and these timestamps can be used to synchronize data from multiple devices as needed. Proper data synchronization should be important for peripheral audio devices (microphones, speakers) and peripheral video devices (camera, display), but cannot be excluded from them. In the example of FIG. 3, the camera can be individually initiated using the PTP (Image Transfer Protocol, 15740 15740) InitiateCapture capture command or a manufacturer-specific USB capture command if the devices support the class of photography devices. This PTP is described in more detail in "Photography - Electronic still picture imaging - Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) for Digital Still Photography Devices, PIMA 15740: 2000, Approved 2000-07-05, FIRST EDITION", at http: //people.ece .cornell.edu / land / courses / ece4760 / FinalProjects / f2012 / jmv87 / site / files / pima15740-2000.pdf, while USB is described in more detail in "Universal Serial Bus Still Image Capture Device Definition, Revision 1.0, July 11, 2000 ", at http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_does/usb_still_img10.pdf.

It is WDH that should send commands for each camera as much as possible simultaneously, in order to minimize mutual delays and compensate for the transmission delay when initiating its own camera. If the initiation delay for each camera is known or can be determined, WDH may take this into account when sending separate capture commands.

For audio channels, synchronization can be performed, for example, by using the "cross-channel synchronization" method, as described in the definition of USB device classes for audio devices (V1.0, section 3.4), which is described in more detail in the "Universal Serial Bus Device Class Definition for Audio Devices, Release 1.0, March 18, 1998 ", at http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_does/audio10.pdf.

It should be noted that new or other peripheral devices can be combined similarly, and other examples and applications are possible. Also, two or more of these elements can be combined. For example, users can be instructed on the physical alignment of their devices based on position and orientation sensors to form a large display or simultaneously capture a panoramic image.

Optionally, the extended wireless dock environment may be configured to initiate multiple peripheral devices in the extended wireless dock environment to activate within a specific (short) time interval, for example, based on a trigger from a user or control application. Applications may include:

- Security applications that require many users to simultaneously press a button or a specific key to unlock a specific secret.

- Shooting images: you can create an instant panoramic shot of the scene or have a synchronized flash of light in a dark environment.

Optionally, the peripherals available in the extended wireless dock environment allow the application to determine the relative position / distance between different WDs and between WD and WDH and use this information inside the control function, for example:

- Generating sound (s) using one or more speakers in an extended wireless dock environment and simultaneously using one or more microphones in an extended wireless dock environment in order to capture the generated sound. By measuring the volume, quality, and content of the captured sounds and correlating them with information regarding the generated sounds, relative positions between different WDs can be determined.

- By using a variety of GPS position and orientation sensors in the extended wireless docking environment in order to determine relative position information. This relative position information can then be used to instruct users on physical alignment so as to form a pose or pattern for entertaining, strategic or collective purposes.

- By interpolating the intensities and quality levels of the wireless signals received from the various functions of the wireless connections / communications in the extended environment of the wireless docking (possibly supplemented by instructing the wireless connections / communications to send some beacon radio signal or test request / response frames) to determine the relative position information .

One particular management application that can greatly benefit from this information should be a management application that, based on how far a particular WD is from the WDH, undocks that particular WD. This is useful for security reasons, because when a WD leaves its coverage area and is still docked, other users may be able to use one of the other WDs or WDHs to interact with this particular WD, and it may be improper to use this device.

Although WDH and WD are referred to as separate entities in the above description, the functions of WDH and one of the WDs can be combined in each physical device.

The above description describes implementations using the Wi-Fi Direct standard (also called the “Wi-Fi Peer to Peer standard”), known from the document “Wi-Fi Wi-Fi Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Technical Specification, Version 1.2, 2010 ", from the Alliance of manufacturers of Wi-Fi equipment. The Wi-Fi Direct standard is a standard that allows Wi-Fi devices to connect to each other without the need for a wireless access point.

FIG. 4 shows a wireless docking method in a host to be used in a wireless docking system comprising a host and at least one docking device. The host and the docking device are configured to wirelessly dock via wireless communication, and the host is configured to host at least one wireless docking environment and linking to at least one peripheral device for defining a peripheral device available in a wireless docking environment. The docking device comprises at least one dockable peripheral device. The method starts at the Beginning step 401, and then at DOCK_1 402, at least one docked device is docked with the wireless docking environment to provide access to the peripheral device (s) surrounded by the wireless docking device for the docked device. Then, in step CPL_REQ 403, the binding request is sent to the docking device. If the docking device determines that the docking peripheral device is present and can be set available, the docking device sends a link confirmation message at step CPL_CF 404. After receiving the confirmation message, the method determines whether the wireless docking environment configuration is ready or not, at step C_RDY 405. If no, an additional binding request can be sent by returning to step CPL_REQ 402. When the configuration mode is completed, the method proceeds to step DOCK_ 2,406, and the method makes the dockable peripheral device available as an optional peripheral device surrounded by a wireless dock. The optional docking device can now dock to the wireless docking environment and gain access to the docking peripheral device. The method ends at "End" 407.

A complementary method (not shown) is performed in a docking device. The method in the docking device comprises docking to the environment of the wireless docking to gain access to the peripheral device and, after receiving the request for pairing from the host, pairing the docking peripheral device to the host to set the docking peripheral device available as an additional peripheral device surrounded by the wireless docking.

It should be appreciated that the above description, for clarity, describes embodiments of the invention in relation to various functional modules and processors, but may be implemented in hardware and / or software using programmable components. Any proper distribution of functionality between different functional modules or processors can be used without departing from the invention. For example, functionality illustrated as being performed by separate modules, processors, or controllers may be performed by a single processor or controller. Therefore, references to specific functional modules should be considered only as references to an appropriate means of providing the described functionality, and not to indicate the exact logical or physical structure or organization. The invention may be implemented in any appropriate form, including hardware, software, firmware, or any combination of the above.

It should be noted that in this document the word “comprising” does not exclude the presence of elements or steps other than those listed, and the word “a” or “an” preceding an element does not exclude the presence of a plurality of such elements that reference numbers do not limit the scope of the formula inventions that the invention can be implemented using both hardware and software, and that several "tools" or "modules" can be represented by an identical piece of hardware or software, and otsessor can perform the function of one or more modules, possibly in conjunction with the hardware elements. Additionally, the invention is not limited to the embodiments, and the invention lies in each new feature or in a combination of features described above or set forth in mutually different dependent claims.

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A wireless docking system comprising a host (100) and at least one docking device (120, 130, 140), - moreover, the host and the docking device are configured to dock through a wireless connection, - wherein the host is configured to host at least one wireless docking environment and notify a set of peripheral devices (110, 111, 112) to set the peripheral devices available for use in a wireless docking environment, - wherein the docking allows the docking device to use a set of peripheral devices, - wherein the host contains: - a host communication module (102) for providing said wireless communication, - host processor (101), configured to dock the docked device to the environment of the wireless docking, - wherein the docking device comprises: a docking device communication module (121) for providing said wireless communication, - a processor (122) of the docking device, configured to dock to the environment of the wireless docking, - wherein the docking device comprises at least one dockable peripheral device (123) internal to the docking device, - characterized in that: - the processor of the docked device is configured to notify the docked peripheral device, and after receiving the request for binding from the host, - binding to the host to provide data on the connection, and - permission control docked peripheral device as a peripheral device through the host, and - moreover, the host processor is configured to: - send a binding request to the docking device to receive data on the connection, - receiving control docked peripheral device as a peripheral device, and - alerts a set of peripheral devices, including a dockable peripheral device, to set the dockable peripheral device available for use as an additional peripheral device surrounded by a wireless docking. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein: - the host processor is configured to establish a session with a docking peripheral device through said binding request, and - the processor of the docked device is configured to provide control of the docked peripheral device through said session. 3. The system according to claim 1 or 2, in which: - the processor (122) of the docked device is configured to mentioned alerts docked peripheral device by: - sending to the host a signal of the characteristics of the peripheral device indicating the docking peripheral device module, available for binding as an additional peripheral device, and - the host processor is configured to detect a docking peripheral device by: - receiving a signal of the characteristics of the peripheral device from the docking device. 4. The system according to claim 1 or 2, the system comprising an additional docking device comprising a processor of an additional docking device, configured to, after docking to the environment of the wireless docking, use docking peripheral device, - a host processor configured to, after docking an additional docking device to a wireless docking environment: - sending a request for use to the docked device, the request for use indicates that the docked peripheral device should be used in a wireless docking environment, and - placing signal transmission between the docked peripheral device and the additional docked device for using the docked peripheral device, - a docking device processor, configured to, after receiving a usage request from a host, switch to a docking peripheral device using mode and transmitting signals between the docking peripheral device and the additional docking device. 5. Docking device for use in a wireless docking system according to claim 1, - moreover, the docking device is configured to dock through wireless communication, - wherein the docking device comprises: a docking device communication module (121) for providing said wireless communication, - a processor (122) of the docking device, configured to dock to the environment of the wireless docking, - wherein the docking device comprises at least one dockable peripheral device (123) internal to the docking device, - characterized in that: - the processor of the docked device is configured to notify the docked peripheral device, and after receiving the request for binding from the host, - binding to the host to provide data on the connection, and - permission control docked peripheral device as a peripheral device through the host to set the docked peripheral device available as an additional peripheral device surrounded by a wireless docking. 6. The docking device according to claim 5, wherein the processor (122) of the docking device is configured to: - receiving a synchronization command to activate the docking peripheral device function at a time, as indicated by the synchronization command; and / or - generating a synchronization command to activate the function of at least one peripheral device surrounded by a wireless dock at a time, as indicated by the synchronization command. 7. The docking device according to claim 5, wherein the processor (122) of the docking device is configured to, upon receipt of a binding request and / or a usage request, determine whether or not the user of the docking device agrees to allow control of the docking peripheral device as peripheral device through the host. 8. The docking device according to claim 5, wherein the docking device processor (122) is configured to, when the transition is made to the use of the docking peripheral device, determine whether or not the user of the docking device requires the use of the docking peripheral device, and then restrict or terminate the use of a dockable peripheral device as an additional peripheral device surrounded by a wireless dock. 9. The docking device according to claim 5, wherein the at least one docking peripheral device comprises at least one of a microphone, speaker, camera, display, touch screen, mouse, keyboard, communication module, photosensitive sensor, temperature sensor, orientation sensor, location sensor. 10. The host for use in a wireless docking system according to claim 1, - wherein the host (100) is configured to dock via wireless communication and host at least one wireless docking environment and notify a set of peripheral devices (110, 111, 112) to set the peripheral devices available for use in a wireless docking environment, - wherein the host contains: - a host communication module (102) for providing said wireless communication, - host processor (101), configured to dock the docked device to the environment of the wireless docking, - characterized in that the host processor is configured to: - send a binding request to the docking device to receive data on the connection, - receiving control docked peripheral device as a peripheral device, and - alerts a set of peripheral devices, including a dockable peripheral device, to set the dockable peripheral device (123) available for use as an additional peripheral device surrounded by a wireless docking. 11. The host of claim 10, wherein the host processor is configured to host a configuration mode in which the wireless docking environment is configurable to define a dockable peripheral device available for use as an additional peripheral device in a wireless docking environment. 12. The host of claim 11, wherein the host processor is configured to transition to a configuration mode by at least one of the following: - detection of docking docking device; - user input through the host user interface; - a configuration message from the docking device received by the host. 13. A method of wireless docking in a host for use in a wireless docking system comprising a host and at least one docking device (120, 130, 140), - moreover, the host (100) and the docking device are configured to dock via wireless communication, - wherein the host is configured to host at least one wireless docking environment and notify a set of peripheral devices (110, 111, 112) to set the peripheral devices available for use in a wireless docking environment, - wherein the docking allows the docking device to use a set of peripheral devices, - wherein the docking device comprises at least one dockable peripheral device (123) internal to the docking device, - wherein the method comprises the step of: - dock the docked device to the environment of the wireless dock, - characterized in that the method comprises the steps in which: - send a binding request to the docking device to receive data on the connection, and - get control docked peripheral device as a peripheral device, and - notify a set of peripheral devices, including a dockable peripheral device, to set the dockable peripheral device available for use as an additional peripheral device surrounded by a wireless docking. 14. A wireless docking method in a docking device for use in a wireless docking system comprising a host and at least one docking device (120, 130, 140), - moreover, the host (100) and the docking device are configured to dock via wireless communication, - wherein the host is configured to host at least one wireless docking environment and notify a set of peripheral devices (110, 111, 112) to set the peripheral devices available for use in a wireless docking environment, - wherein the docking allows the docking device to use a set of peripheral devices, - wherein the docking device comprises at least one docking peripheral device (123), - wherein the method comprises the step of: - dock to the environment of the wireless dock, - characterized in that the method comprises the steps in which: - notify the docking peripheral device and, after receiving a binding request from the host, bind to the host to provide data on the connection, and - allow control of the docked peripheral device as a peripheral device through the host to set the dockable peripheral device available as an additional peripheral device surrounded by a wireless docking.

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